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Rosemary Mosco

@rosemarymosco.com
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Nature comics (Bird and Moon). Books about nature. Talks. Bird facts. rosemarymosco.com She/her.

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 28/09/2026
Last night I saw the Alcest Deafheaven Mastodon triple bill and it was so good. If you get the chance, go. A lot of folks at the show hadn’t heard of Alcest and I think they were blown away, it was so beautiful
A dark concert hall with some sad guys yelling in French in front of an image of cranes and a woman playing some kind of a flute
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Nicole Dornsife | Thornwolf @thornwolf.com · 16/09/2026
Hey all, because of my hand injury and needing to rest, and therefore inability to work at full capacity (I really shouldn't be working at all..but) ALL of my original artwork is an automatic 20% off until Sep 30. Please take a look and share! #BSNM #ArtSale #SciArt www.thornwolf.com/shop/origina...
A screenshot of my shop showing 6 of 7 original artworks that have price reduced by 20%. The most expensive piece is $160 (mountain quail), the least expensive piece is $52 (pelican)
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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Erin Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Fundraising for mutual aid to support the New Bedford communities currently being hit hard by ICE activity
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Humanity At Work - New Bedford Immigrant Justice Coalition
Donate to support individuals and families harmed by ICE activities in greater New Bedford.
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 22/09/2026
Happy mushroom season!
A comic titled "Types of mushrooms" with 12 mushroom species. A wrinkly-looking morel is labeled "creepy but tasty". A brownish deadly galerina is labeled "boring but deadly". A witch's butter on a branch is labeled "jiggles if you poke it". A large puffball is labeled "egg". A creepy red-dripping bleeding tooth fungus is labeled "deeply disconcerting". A fly agaric with a green treefrog sitting under it is labeled "frog umbrella". A black chanterelle is labeled "chalice for forbidden elixers". Three straight-stemmed entolomas are labeled "haha, nipples". A bright purple viscid violet cort is labeled "purple is nice". A birch polypore sticking out of a birch trunk is labeled "tree nose". A complex yellow-tpped coral fungus is labeled "cursed citadel where dwells a fairy queen". A Ravenel's stinkhorn is pixellated at the top for your safety, and labeled "NSFW".
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 20/09/2026
Elite athletes, musicians, actors & more often use cultural importance as an excuse for why they're exempt from cutting their emissions. In this new analysis led by @manuelsuter.bsky.social, we argue the opposite: visibility and influence should raise the bar, not lower it! Read more:
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The climate responsibility of cultural influencers - npj Climate Action
In socially influential fields such as elite sport, music, and film, cultural relevance is often invoked as a special moral status that exempts them from genuine emissions reduction. We argue that vis...
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 18/09/2026
Humaning.
A four-panel comic. In panel 1, a Northern Cardinal and American Goldfinch perch above a busy crowd in a city, looking down. The cardinal says "It's a nice day to go humaning." The goldfinch says "Just look at them. Majestic." In panel 2, a close-up of the two birds. The cardinal says "Nobody tells you that you'll reach a certain age and suddenly get into humaning. I hit 3 years old, and then bam."The birds are looking out over the crowd scene. In panel 3, the cardinal says "Their calls sound funny to us, but each one has a unique meaning." Below, people are saying various things: "I'm tired." "Where's my phone?" "I'd murder a burrito." In panel 4, the birds look down excitedly at a man walking by. The cardinal says "Wait, is that a guy who got dressed in the dark and put his shirt on inside out and backwards?" And the goldfinch exclaims, "Holy... that's a lifer!"
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 17/09/2026
I'm teaching a comics workshop at the all-virtual Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference today. It's such a nice event. www.wildwonder.org/wild-wonder-...
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2026 Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference — Wild Wonder Foundation
Join this creative and educational 5-day online conference featuring Ed Yong, Amy Tan, Austin Kleon, Rosemary Mosco, John Muir Laws and others.
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TopatoCo @topa.to · 16/09/2026
Bacteroides they could NEVER make me hate you 🦠💕 If you're ever in desperate need of a good comic to put up on a wall somewhere, @rosemarymosco.com has got you COVERED! 👏 🌲 Topa.to/collections/romo/products/romo-bmcomicprints 🐦
A graphic of Rosemary Mosco's Never Alone comic with a photo of bacteria behind it. The comic reads "Feeling lonely? Just remember, you're not alone. YOU ARE NEVER ALONE." There is a drawing of a person standing in empty space, and in the next panel there are arrows pointing to all the little microscopic things that are living inside them.A graphic of a comic by Rosemary Mosco titled Away Messages, and behind it is a photo of a tree. In the comic, a person is happily enjoying the outdoors, and the text on each panel is formatted like an email. Panel one: "Re: New Tasks. Thanks for your email. Please be advised that I may take longer to answer emails because I'm swamped." Panel two: "I'm just really bogged down." Panel three: "I'm not out of the woods yet." Panel four: "Sorry, it's crunch time."A graphic of Rosemary Mosco's comic titled Four Seasons. It reads "The Four Seasons of Bird Watching", and in each panel there are different birds being featured. Panel one: "Elegant Songbird Spring", Panel two: "Subtle Treasures of Summer", Panel three: "Magnificent Fall Migrations", Panel four: "Weird Duck Time".
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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🎓Basic human needs: 1. Water 2. Oxygen 3. A joyful avalanche of bird pins There's less than two days left to add our new designs to your collection! Pledge now to help unlock the last designs (and support wildlife rehab while you're at it!) 👉 tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8 #sciart 🪶
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Mindy Weisberger @laminda.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A still-scruffy but nearly-recovered Bloödcheëp showed up on today's livestream from a bird feeder in Gettysburg, PA! Gettysburg livecam: www.youtube.com/live/y9t1g8I... Comic by @rosemarymosco.com, Matron of Bloödcheëps
A cardinal perched on a birdfeeder, almost fully re-feathered after molting. Its head is mostly covered, though it still has a bald spot at the very top where its crest would normally be.A comic in four panels, illustrating different variations of northern cardinals: Juvenile, Adult Male, Adult Female, and Bloödcheëp, Frightful Molt-Demon of the Cursed Abyss. Bloödcheëp has a feathered body and a very naked head.
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 14/09/2026
I'm teaching at the Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference this week. For those who don't know, this is an all-virtual conference! www.wildwonder.org/wild-wonder-...
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2026 Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference — Wild Wonder Foundation
Join this creative and educational 5-day online conference featuring Ed Yong, Amy Tan, Austin Kleon, Rosemary Mosco, John Muir Laws and others.
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Kory Bing @korybing.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
There’s way too much Harry Potter cosplay at this convention and I’m tired of being told “most people don’t know or care about JKR’s politics.” It is 2026 and she is actively getting laws changed to harm trans people and she brags about how Harry Potter sales fund her rampage of hate.
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Oh this is interesting! Climate scientist @leahstokes.bsky.social shows that candidates who talk about climate change *get a bump in preference from voters*. "Common knowledge" is that climate is a losing issue, but this survey shows the opposite is true: voters care. mailchi.mp/9af4ccd3280e...
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Climate action comes in waves
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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
BLÜEDCHËEP!! (cc @rosemarymosco.com )
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 08/09/2026
I've been getting some nice fan mail lately about a young readers' graphic novel I made with @binglin.bsky.social back in 2022 called Expedition Backyard. It's about nature in the city, and it's goofy and sweet, and kids like it! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/621132...
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Expedition Backyard by Rosemary Mosco, Binglin Hu: 9780593127346 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Join two best friends—a mole and vole—on their everyday expeditions to find beautiful plants, meet new animals, and learn more about the world all around them in this nonfiction graphic novel....
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 06/09/2026
I have a very respectable 20-yr sample size. While the number of men sending me AI generated content has increased, overall the number telling me that they’ve solved the problems of the universe has not changed. So for me, it’s just the mechanism that has changed, not the frequency.
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 06/09/2026
I’m going to need everyone who’s reporting on AI psychosis and how it’s making people, especially men, come up with theories of everything to please talk with the scientists who have been getting multiple emails from “theory of everything” guys for decades
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Nicola Pitchford @npitchford.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Cannot let #InternationalVultureAwarenessDay pass without reposting this absolute classic from @rosemarymosco.com
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Birds Are Gross — Rosemary Mosco
Vultures are gross, but that's part of what makes them awesome.
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 04/09/2026
Do any Floridian ornithologists follow me? I'm looking for three birds that eat caterpillars and might get fooled by a giant swallowtail's poop mimicry. I've narrowed them down to Painted Bunting, Northern Mockingbird, and Red-winged Blackbird. Are those good choices?
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TopatoCo @topa.to · 04/09/2026
FOR ONE DAY ONLY we celebrate #NationalWildlifeDay! This day hopes to bring awareness to the many animal friends we have on this beautiful planet, and we've curated a collection of those friends just for you! Yes, you ☝️ 🐙 topatoco.com/collections/critters 🐎
a graphic of some of our many shirts and prints available on our site. there is an image of ducks on a lake as the background
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Birder K @birderk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Today I learned about the Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo, thanks to @rosemarymosco.com’s Flight Club newsletter! I can’t explain it, but as I’m looking at pictures of this odd bird, I feel like it looks like a falcon with anxiety issues 😅 Birds are weird.
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 03/09/2026
I'm working on my monthly newsletter again. As the internet continues to spiral into chaos, it's the best way to keep up with me beyond figuring out how to catch me in a net and affix a motus tag buttondown.com/rosemarymosco
A drawing of a turkey vulture happily carrying a paper letter against a blue sky with fluffy clouds, with text saying Join my mailing list flight club, buttondown.com/rosemarymosco. It's short, monthly, and contains a weird bird of the month.
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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
IT'S HERE! 📣 "Rainforest Radiance" is LIVE 19 brand-new bird designs have just landed! 🎁 Special early-bird freebie for the first 48 hours ❤️ Returning-backers get bonuses 🦅 Every pledge helps support our wildlife rescue & rehabilitation work Come meet the new flock! 👇 tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This social wasp species, Protopolybia collombiana, had only been described for a year when I photographed it in Costa Rica in 2016, and I did not succeed in identifying it until yesterday.
Macro photograph of a grey and yellow vespid wasp standing on its paper nest in side view, holding a small larva in its mouth above an open cell. Macro photograph of a strangely geometric and flattened paper wasp nest in the shape of an irregular hexagon, on the bottom of a large tropical leaf.
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 28/08/2026
Nobody asked, but here's some more Canadiana for you all: this band, Prozzäk, was a MAJOR hit band in the 90s/early 2000s. They were our Gorillaz, with fully animated personas. Both guys are Canadian and the accents are fake www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wnQ...
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Prozzak - www.nevergetoveryou (Official Video)
YouTube video by ProzzakVEVO
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 26/08/2026
Western North American friends, what's a bird that people call a "trash bird" that isn't a starling, house sparrow, pigeon, or gull?
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
For newcomers: yes the #InverteFest artbook accepts fictional invertebrates - crab spaceship, mecha squid, isopod gijinka, joltik crochet, starfish bard from your DnD campaign, and so on. Submission link:
docs.google.com
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 24/08/2026
Hummingbirds.
A four panel comic. In panel 1, a rufous hummingbird flies down toward a large hummingbird feeder with as many as 6 holes on top. He thinks "The humans put up a new feeder!" In panel 2, he lands on the feeder and gazes down at it. He thinks "It's huge. Many of us could feed here at once." In panel 3, we see a close up view of the hummingbird, and he's thinking "This could end the ancient rivalries. Usher in an era of peace. Interesting." In panel 4, an Anna's hummingbird hovers over the feeder and says "Hey, can I have some necta-" and the rufous hummingbird says "No."
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 24/08/2026
I know a lot of people who care about climate change follow the man Scott is replying to here. If you’re one of them, please be aware that this man fabricates information, distorts the science, and regularly slanders and attacks me.
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 23/08/2026
I watched it in a bar in Boston with a hundred other sobbing expats, many in hockey jerseys, with everybody being so polite when it took a while to get the feed going
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Catie Michel @catiecreating.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
North American Pollinators and their host plants: “Carrier Bag Theory of Conservation”. Inspired by Ursula K Le Guin’s Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction. On view at Goggleworks in PA for Creature Conserve. Prints available for preorder! #sciart #pollinators #moths #caterpillars #creatureconserve
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 21/08/2026
End of an era. One of the most iconic locations for US birders is a small picnic table in Patagonia, Arizona, the namesake for one of my favorite birding terms, the Patagonia Picnic Table Effect (see this excerpt from my birding dictionary). I went there last week and found the table had collapsed.
Patagonia Picnic Table Effect
/ˌpa-tə-ˈgō-nyə ˈpik-(ˌ)nik ˈtā-bəl i-ˈfekt/ noun: A phenomenon that occurs when someone spots a rare bird and birders flock to the area, leading
to more sightings of rare species there. It is named after a picnic table at a rest stop south of Patagonia, Arizona. Researchers have failed to find empirical support for the effect. Nobody is in doubt, however, that the effect has led to greater awareness of Patagonia, Arizona.A fallen-down picnic table at a rest stop in AZ next to some lush green trees and a grassy green lawn.
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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
🪶 WooHoo, look what just arrived in my mail! Thank you @rosemarymosco.com for such an iconic image.
A black tee shirt with the Bloodcheep image on the front.
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Bird 🌲 @birdwarde.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
been sharing a lot of stickers because they've been flying out of the shop recently! what would you like to see a sticker of next?
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Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷 @crawlieswithcri.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Kiff's minor wound turned into "Needs antibiotics" got an emergency vet appt yesterday. Which became emergency surgery. That rattling sound is my last nickle bouncing around in my savings account. This was fourth dog surgery in 12 mos. Please help if you can! #DogsOfBluesky gofund.me/f209f73c6
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Donate to Emergency Funds for Kiff’s Vet Bills, organized by Christy Solo
Kiff my rescue Sheepadoodle had a small wound, which turned into a larger wound. I… Christy Solo needs your support for Emergency Funds for Kiff’s Vet Bills
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 14/08/2026
Birds are so elegant
A curve-billed thrasher perched on a dead twig in front of a forest background, looking at the camera.A curve-billed thrasher looking at the camera. It is having a rough molt and is frowning.
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TopatoCo @topa.to · 12/08/2026
Celebrate all the many amazing endangered birds, plants, and more from the U.S. in this retro-style video game print from @rosemarymosco.com! Gotta protect them all! 🦢 topatoco.com/collections/romo/products/romo-endangered8bit-print 🌵
Rosemary Mosco (Bird and Moon)'s "Pixelated Endangered Species" print
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Birder K @birderk.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
You lovely, lovely people! We’re now a little over $15000!! Free guided bird walks for the public is one of my favorite services we offer. Nothing beats watching someone experience their first lifers! There’s still about an hour and 20 minutes left to donate and support our work! mtyc.co/7olidg
Photo of a group of new birders watching an Osprey across the way. To add to the magic of the moment, there is a rainbow in the background.
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 11/08/2026
Arizona folks, I’m going to be driving from Phoenix to Tucson today. What’s a fun place to stop? I’m thinking the desert museum?
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 09/08/2026
Katie is one of the most brilliant, gifted communicators out there and we are lucky to live in the same universe as her
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 05/08/2026
On Saturday, Aug 15, I'm giving a keynote at the Southeast Arizona Bird Festival. There are still a few spots, so sign up and come say hi! Here's a comic with the festival's signature bird, the Vermilion Flycatcher. tucsonbirds.org/festival/fes...
A comic with two panels. In panel 1, labeled "when you remember to bring your camera," there's a quiet scene looking across a marsh, with a single osprey on a branch, largely obscured by branches. In panel 2, labeled "when you forget to bring your camera," the marsh scene is full of critters, including a whooping crane, vermilion flycatcher, American flamingo, Atlantic puffin, painted bunting, resplendent quetzal, Steller's sea eagle, two moose, king eider, Kirtland's warbler, Brewster's warbler, a few rare butterflies, flocks of flying birds, many beautiful flowers, and the osprey now unobstructed by twigs.
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 04/08/2026
If you're in Arizona, I'm giving the keynote for the Southeast Arizona Birding Festival on Saturday in Tucson! There are still some tickets left tucsonbirds.org/festival/fes...
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Judith @duuj.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I found a bloödcheëp today, a western jackdäwcheëp. @rosemarymosco.com #bloödcheëp
A jackdaw foraging on the ground. The feathers on its head are missing.A jackdaw foraging on the ground. The feathers on its head are missing.
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 31/07/2026
I'm working on the next edition of my newsletter. It's the best way to keep up with my work. buttondown.com/rosemarymosco
A drawing of a cute turkey vulture with a heart over its head, soaring through a blue sky carrying a paper letter. Text says "Join my mailing list Flight Club, buttondown.com/rosemarymosco. Short, monthly, contains a weird bird of the month."
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Marie Enger @ LBX26 Table 409 @soengery.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
No data centers, no ai, NO BILLIONAIRES Fave commission so far this year.
Two rats saying no data centers and fighting for their community
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TopatoCo @topa.to · 29/07/2026
New print by @rosemarymosco.com!✨ This handy moth guide will help you to ID the different types of moths out there, such as "ooh, green" and "that one, you know, with the thing-arg. I forget the name" 👍 🦋 topatoco.com/collections/romo/products/romo-bmcomicprints 🦋
A graphic of Rosemary Mosco's "Types of Moth" print, featuring a 3x3 grid of different moths and silly identifying featurings. The background of the graphic is a photo of an oleander hawk-moth.
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 29/07/2026
See @thornwolf.com for actual logos instead of AI garbage. These are gorgeous.
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 28/07/2026
Oh good, I’m verified on Bluesky as confirmed by evil gays. Thanks, evil gays! I like it here
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 28/07/2026
My first comics collection, now reiussed, is out today! Get BIRDING IS MY FAVORITE VIDEO GAME here and wherever you buy books: bookshop.org/p/books/bird...
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Birding Is My Favorite Video Game: Cartoons about the Natural World from Bird and Moon, Updated Edition
Bestselling cartoonist and animal expert Rosemary Mosco's beloved debut collection of nature comics returns to roost--enlarged, expanded, and packed with even more feathered hilarity for ultimate 'bir...
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